I'm in the US Army and started this blog when I was deployed to Iraq. I've the privilege of being part of an orginization with the mission that has the potential of accomplishing something positively historical. After several months of being in Baghdad I stared this blog to share a couple of my own random thoughts/personal opinions, not directly related to current mission operations.
Let me warn you upfront - I’m going to allow my thoughts to wander freely

22 September 2007

War...

There will always be war…

As far back as history can tell us, mankind has killed each other- and continued to get better at it. On this beautiful planet, we have cycles of stability; then in a region of the world, one person lets power corrupt; this person wants more and more… and is so distant from reality, has no problem doing anything to get it; most of the population suffers, and often it spreads to neighboring counties; then, the citizens from that country rise up, or another country attempts to help; then we have a war being fought; just more misery of the people because of one person’s desire for power…

Afterwards we promise never to fight again – because we have learned how awful war is…

the problem is- people forget

the unimaginable human suffering

the direct experience of death

the permanent loss of family and friends

the unimaginable sum of man-made devastation

the destruction of the irreplaceable

the quantity of carnage

the magnitude of maiming

the colossal amount of terror

the lack of basic security

the economic ruin

the feeling of hopelessness; despair; emptiness…

Reading about war; seeing movies about it; hearing the stories in all it’s glory is not the same as living it… it is not the same at all.

War IS hell – all that can be done to avoid it should be done, but the key is to not wait too long (because waiting will make this very bad siruation even worse)… it is evil, but a necessary evil that we will never outgrow… sad.

1 comment:

Sometimes war is a necessary evil. When some situations are allowed to fester, they leave a stench behind that can scar the world. I think of the ethnic cleansing that occurred in Bosnia before NATO stepped in and put an end to it. I wonder how long it will be before we venture into Darfur...

Is our world wide military actions keeping Americans safe?

About George

I got a great job; An Officer in the US Army. I have been in over 19 years, and have spent nine(+) years of that time overseas. I have worked border patrol in West Germany, deployed to Desert Shield/Storm and Provide Comfort, the SFOR misson in Bosina and 15 months with Operation Iraqi Freedom in Baghdad. I have a BS in Criminal Justice ('95), an MA in Security Management ('01) and an MA in Military Science ('08).
EMAIL: Brown-George@US.Army.mil